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Lisa Briggs

Lisa Briggs

Professor, Director of Emergency and Disaster ManagementWestern Carolina University

Lisa Briggs specializes in forensic based criminology with a focus on missing persons, as well as the use of scent detection K9s.

Crime and DevianceForensic Based CriminologyCriminologyMissing PersonsScent Detection K9s
James Costa

James Costa

Professor and Executive Director of Highlands Biological StationWestern Carolina University

Jim Costa's interests include insect behavior and ecology, environmental history and philosophy, and the history of science.

Charles DarwinConservationEcologyInsect BehaviorEvolutionary Biology
Channa R. De Silva

Channa R. De Silva

Associate ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Channa De Silva teaches chemistry and carries out research in the areas of nanotechnology, biotechnology, and computational chemistry.

General ChemistryComputational ChemistryNanotechnologyBiotechnologyInorganic Chemistry
Shawn (Sheng-Chieh) Chen, Ph.D.

Shawn (Sheng-Chieh) Chen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Shawn's research interests include airborne and liquid-borne nanoparticle filtration, NanoEHS, and indoor and urban air pollution control.

Nanofiltration and ultrafiltrationAir pollution controlAerosol sampling and instrumentationIndoor Air QualityCFD simulation
Henry J. Donahue, Ph.D.

Henry J. Donahue, Ph.D.

Alice T. and William H. Goodwin, Jr. Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering; BS, San Diego State University; Ph.D. UC Santa BarbaraVCU College of Engineering

Bone, mechanobiology, regenerative medicine, effects of space travel on bone and muscle, gap junctions, osteoblast, osteocyte, osteoclast

Regenerative Medicine and Tissue EngineeringMusculoskeletal MechanobiologySpace Biology and Bioengineering
Brett Riggs

Brett Riggs

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

A research archaeologist, Brett Riggs is a former deputy tribal historical preservation officer for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Landscape ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyCultural HeritageExcavationProtection Of Cultural Heritage
Benjamin Steere

Benjamin Steere

Associate ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Ben Steere's primary areas of interest for research and teaching include Southeastern archaeology and Cherokee archaeology.

Indigenous archaeologyHousehold AnthropologyCherokee ArchaeologyArchaeology of Eastern North AmericaHousehold Archaeology
Jayson Matlock

Jayson Matlock

Director of Financial Aid And ScholarshipsSouthern Utah University

Specializing in scholarships and financial aid, financial wellness and literacy, and college student support

FAFSAFinancial Aid AdministrationRecruiting in Higher EducationScholarships and Financial AidHigher Education Leadership
Julie McCown

Julie McCown

Associate Professor of EnglishSouthern Utah University

Specializing in early American natural history, post-humanism, and digital humanities theory

Artifical IntelligenceEcocriticismRace and Nature in Early American LiteratureEarly American NovelsComposition
Caitlyn Ratcliffe

Caitlyn Ratcliffe

Lecturer in Health and Human SciencesLoyola Marymount University